Coping as a Mediator of the Relationship between Stress and Anxiety in Caregivers of Patients with Acute Stroke

Yoonmi Lee and Yeoungsuk Song

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 1, 136-143

Abstract: According to Lazarus and Folkman’s theory, stress and coping affect an individual’s anxiety, which is an adaptive outcome. This study examined the mediation effects of stress-coping strategies on the relationship between stress and anxiety in caregivers of patients with acute stroke. A cross-sectional descriptive design was used to analyze a total of 131 caregivers caring for patients with acute stroke at a university hospital. The Caregivers Stress Scale, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, and Korean Beck Anxiety Inventory were used to quantify the participants’ responses. Our results revealed that emotion-focused coping (β = .56, p  

Keywords: caregivers; stress; coping; anxiety; stroke (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211021223

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